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nation of this witness by Mr. Halswell aud Mr. Hanson ; 
during which Colonel Wakefield retired early from 
the Court, apparently tired out by the harassing and 
vexatious nature of the proceedings. 
In the afternoon, the Commissioner called upon 
Colonel Wakefield; who asked him how this techni- 
cal investigation of the Company's titles was com- 
patible with a declaration which he had formerly made, 
that he had come to carry out the agreement between 
the Company and the Government ? Mr Spain ac- 
knowledged the incompatibility ; but said that his 
orders were to investigate the claims. 
A conversation ensued on the point of the fees of 
the Court, which had been put on an exceedingly high 
scale. According to that, the Company would have 
to pay 5000/. on a final report in favour of their grant 
of 1,000,000 acres, besides incidental fees of 1000/. 
more. The Commissioner declared his readiness to 
receive these fees under protest, and to recommend to 
the Governor that those on the final report should 
be remitted. 
Colonel Wakefield now again put the case in the 
hands of Dr. Evans. For the Company, he refused to 
produce more evidence ; but the Court ordered him to 
call more native witnesses who had been parties to the 
deed of sale, and adjourned in order to give time for 
procuring the attendance of E Pum and PFarepori. 
The next day being the Queen's birthday, and 
neither of these chiefs having chosen to appear, the 
Commissioner proposed to adjourn the Court. Great 
coquetting ensued — JNIr. Spain wishing the parties 
before him to apply for a holiday, and the parties 
wishing the idea to originate with the learned Com- 
missioner; all apparently fearful of being accused of 
causing unnecessary . delay : go it ended in the 
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